Display device for neckties



Feb. 12, 1929.

L. A. CHAPMAN DISPLAY DEVICE FOR NECKTIES Filed April 14, 1928 BY s If v A TTORNE s Patented Feb. 12, 1929.

llhlfifhlD STATES PATENT UFFIQE.

LG'UIS A. CHAPMAN, OF NEW YORK, 1111 ASSIGNOR TO LONGS FIXTURES CORPOBA- v I TION, NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

DISPLAY DEVICE FOR NECKTIES.

My invention relates to an improvement in display device :for ties and similar merchandise. Theobject of. the invention is a simple contrivance for displaying a necktie orsinnlar article in a pleasing manner, serving also as a tie form.

In the drawings Fig. l is a perspective view of my improved display device having a four-in-hand tie held thereon, Fig. 2 1s a 1 cross-section through the tie-holding member proper passing through the center thereof from a line bisecting the tie opening, and liig. 3 is a bottom view of the tie-holding member. y i

In the drawings a designates the tie-holding member and Z) a support therefor; o1s a four-in-hand necktie shown in knotted condition; (Z is a block of material, preferably circular, provided with a tapped opening 0 go to receive a corresponding screw-threaded end (not shown) of supfport 6; f is a depending apron, spaced rom block t by a channel g, and preferably made mtegral with such block, for instance, by shaping both from a single piece of stock. The apron f as shown in Figs. 1 and 3 almost completely surrounds the block (Z but is cut away in front at 71, to define an opening having the form of an inverted V and simulating the opening of an ordinary turned-down collar. The apron 7 together with so much of block at as is visible through V-shaped opening it, thus resembles a turned-clown collar. A depression 71 may be provided in the upper portion of block 65 to serve for the more convenient display of'other goods such as collar buttons, ties or handkerchiefs displayed in any suitable manner.

The space 9 between block a? and apron f is sufficient in width to accommodate the thickness of the tie, and the exterior dimensions of the apron f are approximately those of a collar. The portion of the block (Z adjacent to the passage 9 is preferably constructed (as shown in Fig. 2) in the form of a truncated cone to prevent the tie from slipping downward after having been tied in position. i

The tie, which may be of any suitable construction, for instance, four-in-hand or bow, is laid around block at and then slipped upwardly into space 9 for such a distance as to cause the tie when displayed to have theproper relationship to opening it, such relationship being obviously dictated by the y 1928. Serial 110. 269,964.

fashion of the moment. Such portion of the tie as extends through opening it is then knotted and pulled tight enough to secure the tie against slipping downwardly on block a, so that the internal diameter of the neck surrounding portion of the tie is smaller than the external diameter of the lower portion of block cZ.

The tie'holding member a is made preferably of wood but may be made of-any other suitable rigid material, such as opaque glass or metal; it may, .for instance, be made of sheet metal, in which case, of course,, the

block d and apronf maybe made with a hollow interior. i In order to give my device a novel and pleasing appearance and great strength, I

prefer to make the apron of a thickness very much greater than that of the outer apron of a turned-down collar. As illustrated in the drawing, the thickness of the lower portion of the apron is almost threesixteenths of an inch and of the upper portion, adjacent the top of space 9, almost a quarter of an inch. For convenience 'in applying the tie I prefer to make the space 9 much larger than that between the neckband and apron of a turned-down collar. If therefore the exterior of the apron is of the same proportion as that of an average turned-down collar of size 15 the exterior diameter of any portion of block d will be .very much smaller that that of the human neck for which such average collar is designed. In order to allow for this difference in size and thus to give the displayed portion of a iour-in-hand tie the proper length,'1 may make provision for taking up more of the concealed portion of the tie by cutting a. groove is, preferably ii-shaped, into some portion of block (Z, preferably the portion immediately opposite the portion it. When placing the tie into the tie holder, I form a portion of the former into a loop and lay this into the groove 7 thus causing a greater length of the tie to be concealed within the device than if this groove were not provided. I may, if desired, unite the portions of the tie lying within the groove by a pin or other fastening means, but I prefer to lay the loop around a guide pin such as Z, inserted into block (Z, and may then adjust the tie to the proper position in the usual manner as it will readily slide on such pin, especially if the portions of the block d where the groove 70 meets the space 9 are rounded off as shown in Fig. 3. In order to permit an adjustment of the length ofthe tie portion concealed Within the device, I provide additional apertures m, screw-threaded or otherwise adapted to,

receive the guide pin Z. The provision of this groove permits the display of bow ties of varying lengths on my device.

My display-det'ice' serves also as a tieform, as the tie is knotted after it has'b'een placed in the spacey, This'makes it unnecessery to employ a separate tie form for knot- "ting-the tie b'et'ore'pl'eoing it on display 7 Itwill, o-it'course, be understood that the tie-holding device a ma be supported in i any suitablemanner other than that shown,

for-instance, bysuspending it from a ceiling or, by at suit-a'blebrzicket, from a wall.

I elaiml: V

1. A displaydevice in which "the in horizontal cross-section and'en. apron of rigid material, one edge of which is united to the block but the remainder of whichis spaced from and surrounds the block to almost its entire extent, but not completely,

so as to leave an opening fitted to receive the 'knot of a knotted tie. r A

"2. A, displeydevice as claimed in claim 1,

in which the block defines the frustum of a cone.

I 3.-A display device as claimed in claiml, block and the apron ere integral.

4:. A display device as claimed in claim 1,'1 V

in which the block is provided with a groove communicating 'wlth the space between the block and the apron. 5

V 5. A displty' device aselaimedin1,

in which the'block is'provided with a groove communicating with the space betweenrthel bloek and the epron and in which a; guide pin is inserted within the groovedportion of the block. i 4 r V AOHAPMAN. 

